3 May 2010

Android apps that don’t suck

There’s a lot of rubbish on the Android Market. These are the good apps I’ve found. I’ve split them up into normal and ‘techy’ apps.
($) indicates paid app
(x) indicates not available on Android Market

Astro File Manager - Explorer-style file manager
Vignette - Brilliant camera replacement app ($)
Twidroyd - Twitter client ($)
3G Watchdog - Monitors 3G usage
Carrom3d Pro - 3D pool/snooker game ($)
Speedx 3D - Fast-paced 3D tunnel game ($)
Retro Clock Widget - Clock widget
IMDB Movies & TV - Interface to IMDB
Jorte - Calendar/diary app
Smooth Calendar - Calendar widget
Smart Keyboard Pro - Enhanced keyboard ($)
Gensoid - Mega Drive emulator ($)
GBCoid - Game Boy emulator ($)
Text Easy - Lets you text multiple contacts
Tuner - gStrings - Detects frequency of tones
Google Maps - Maps
Bubble Level - Spirit level inside your phone
Google Sky Map - Astronomy tool
handyCalc Calculator - Scientific calculator
Pure music widget - Music widget ($)
Robotic Guitarist - Virtual guitar ($)
Barcode Scanner - Barcode reader (2D/3D)
Drop7  - Addictive puzzle game ($)
Solo - Virtual guitar ($)
WordUp! - Wordsearch game
eBuddy Messenger - Multi-network IM client
ConnectBot - SSH client
StopWatch - A stopwatch
Documents To Go 2.0  - Full-featured Office software ($$$)
Google Earth - Google Earth! (x)
F-Secure Anti-Theft - Remotely track/lock your phone (x)
ViewRanger - Official Ordnance Survey mapping client (x)($)

Techy ones

Wifi Analyzer - Measures wifi signal strength
AndFTP - FTP/SFTP client
Network Discovery - Port scanner
GPS Status - In-depth GPS information
MapDroyd - Open source, offline map tool
c:geo - Geocaching tool
android-vnc-viewer - VNC client
Tasker - Sets up complex automated tasks ($)
OS Monitor - Task manager and system info
OI File Manager - Required for some apps